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PainterPaul

Hi all,

I’m in the beginning stages of framing my home. Years ago I was doing additions, and such, with a partner, but gravitated over into woodworking.

Now I’m back with the thirty years of accumulated trades and dovetailing my experiences into a 2000 sq.ft. country like home designed to be built by one guy… me. It’s a 10 – 12 roof spanning 35’ with dormers. The entire front of the home has this massive roof coming down to cover the front porch (6’ x 48’.)

I will have 9’ ceilings on the first floor. Kitchen Dining and living are all open. Second floor is tucked under the 10 – 12. I’m stick framing everything and the only thing the framing nailer is use for is sheeting and sheathing and sub flooring. All else is hand nailed/screwed/lag bolted.

The entire shell (garage included is 2 x 6) Rafters are 2 x 10. Floors are 2 x 12
With glued OSB TG.

After starting framing 3 weeks ago, progress made thus far is the 28’ x 48’ 2x12 deck is glued and nailed down. The stair case going down to the basement is roughed in and solid. (You step down one rise onto a landing, turn right, step down two regular treads, then step down four quarter steps which wind you 180 degrees as you work your way down and then step down the remaining 6 steps to the concrete.) I’m working on the 3-car garage… have two of the main walls up (will have 10’-6” ceilings) and about half way through with the headers and additional top framing for the three doors, columns between them, etc.

It’s been many years since I’ve done this sort of work and on this scale. It’s coming back to me.

Since I have 2 x 6 wall construction, all my headers are triples. I mount them in twos, and than finish them while up (too heavy for one guy).

There’s much more to say, but the gist of it is I’m one guy, so most of my posts will likely be pertaining to how-to issues relating to single man operations. I have some 6’ x 30” Menards rolling scaffolding which I love so far, and have ordered Qual Craft poll pump jack system for most all outside issues.

Well, thanks for having me. I will try to poke my nose in from time to time,

Thank you

Paul

maj

Welcome Paul....

One thought here, and you prolly already have it covered. The stairs you describe are going to be tough maneuvering anything up or down. We almost always have a seperate stairway in the garage leading to the basement that is 4' wide and a straight shot to the basement. This is mainly a service stairway while the main one in the house is a people mover.

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PainterPaul

Thanks, Maj…

Yes, room to get things up or down…

The original FP called for a crawl, so there was absolutely no room for a straight shot set of stairs to the basement. I had to go under where the first floor staircase will be and duplicate it below. However, I did extend the (don’t know the word) four one quarter step-down-and-turn-one-eighty-and-down area to 4’. So my floor opening is 7’ x 9’-6”.

Your service stair idea is great. But I’m one guy, and I need to get the shell done and roofed before the end of Oct. I needed to get the deck done so I could move over to framing the garage. The OSB deck is now tarped, so I am accessing the basement through one of the window wells! I’m going to start a topic on the tarped deck. I’d be interested in your thoughts/ideas.

Cole

Welcome to the forum, Paul!

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